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St Paul's Cray
Bromley, London
PocketsSt Mary Cray North (north-west · St Mary Cray · Scadbury Park · Ruxley Gravel Pits · Chipperfield Road)St Mary Cray East (Riverside Gardens · Bourne Wood · Pauls Cray Hill Park)Chislehurst East & Hoblingwell Wood (Hoblingwell Wood · Chipperfield Road)St Mary Cray South
St Paul's Cray sits in the eastern half of Bromley, a post-war estate ward on the Cray valley with extensive surrounding woodland and common. The feel is quiet outer-London suburb with large parks on the doorstep. Three Grade II* churches — St Mary's, St Paulinus and the Grade II* Kevington Hall — anchor the heritage, air quality is among the cleanest in outer London, and Pauls Cray Hill Park and its neighbours deliver 226 hectares of green space. Housing is genuinely affordable by London standards and market conditions favour buyers. Public-transport access is moderate at best, with St Mary Cray station at the edge. The negatives are real: safety scores sit below the borough median, education outcomes trail the Bromley average with only eight outstanding-rated schools nearby, and culture is thin.
- Strongest88Air & Quiet
Clean air and low ambient noise by London standards
- Also strong73Property prices & growth
Strong combination of affordability, price momentum and turnover
- Watch out0Area development
Little recent major-development activity
At a glance
- Limited public-transport access
- 27 listed buildings
- 1.2% covered by a conservation area
- 2 schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted within 1 km
- Largest green space: Pauls Cray Hill Park (32.2 hectares)
- 139 open venues (74 food and drink, 65 other)
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Property prices & growth
73Better than 98% of London
How scores work - Purchase affordability85
- Rent affordability95
- Price momentum (5yr)69
- Activity (turnover)52
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£ per square foot to buy, an estimated 2-bed rent, and decades of sale-price history for this ward.
For St Paul's Cray: 153 sales recorded (2025)32-yr price trend £—
Safety
35Better than 23% of London
- Personal safety35
- Property crime34
- Anti-social behaviour36
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Connectivity
30Better than 13% of London
Median public-transport access is basic (TfL PTAL 2.0 of 8 across this ward).
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Air & Quiet
88Better than 97% of London
- Air quality95
- Quietness78
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Cultural Signal
15Better than 22% of London
- Nightlife0
- Dining7
- Arts & culture7
- Retail & shops7
- Sports & recreation0
- Independent scene21
- Vitality (openings, diversity)44
139 open venues nearby — 74 food & drink, 65 other.
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Education
41Among the lowest in London
- Primary schools42
- Secondary schools40
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For St Paul's Cray: 7 schools, each with its inspection record
Heritage
9Better than 24% of London
27 listed buildings · 1% under a conservation area
- Kevington HallGrade II*
- Church of St MaryGrade II*
- Church of St PaulinusGrade II*
From Historic England's National Heritage List for England.
Nature Access
73Better than 86% of London
- Green spaces97
- Waterways25
Largest green space: Pauls Cray Hill Park (32 ha). ~226 ha of green space in total.
Area development
0Shared lowest band with 24% of London
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- Is St Paul's Cray safe?
- St Paul's Cray scores 35 for safety, based on street-level recorded crime (police.uk) — recording more crime than most London wards. The score weighs personal safety, property crime and anti-social behaviour separately rather than ranking on one raw total, so the mix of crime matters as well as the volume.
- Is St Paul's Cray a good place to live?
- St Paul's Cray scores 40 overall when all nine data layers are weighted equally. The London comparison beside the score shows how that number ranks against every ward. Its strongest suits are air & quiet (88) and property prices & growth (73); its weakest is area development (0). Whether it suits you depends on what you weight — the same data re-ranked around your own priorities can read very differently.
- How well connected is St Paul's Cray?
- Limited public-transport access: Transport for London rates the typical spot in St Paul's Cray 2 on its 0–8 public-transport access scale, which puts the ward at 30 for connectivity relative to the rest of London.
- Is St Paul's Cray expensive to buy in?
- Relative to the rest of London, St Paul's Cray is among London's more affordable areas to buy: its purchase-affordability score is 17/20, where higher means cheaper per square foot (HM Land Registry sold prices matched to floor areas).
- What are the schools like near St Paul's Cray?
- St Paul's Cray scores 41 for education, based on Ofsted ratings and walking distance to the nearest rated primary and secondary schools. 2 schools within a kilometre hold an Outstanding rating.
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